EP0988464B1 - Elektrisch betätigte kupplung - Google Patents

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EP0988464B1
EP0988464B1 EP98926454A EP98926454A EP0988464B1 EP 0988464 B1 EP0988464 B1 EP 0988464B1 EP 98926454 A EP98926454 A EP 98926454A EP 98926454 A EP98926454 A EP 98926454A EP 0988464 B1 EP0988464 B1 EP 0988464B1
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Sergei F. Kolomeitsev
Troy S. Reinoehl
J. Michael Lewis
Michael Lee Bassett
Rock Leroy Hartshorn
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
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  • the present invention relates to improvements in clutches and clutch control systems employing motors for displacing the clutch release bearing.
  • Clutches for motor vehicles are typically released by axial displacement of a clutch release bearing connected with an apply spring.
  • the apply spring biases the pressure plate toward the flywheel.
  • the release bearing is either, depending on the clutch configuration, pushed toward or pulled away from the clutch cover to overcome the clutch apply force attributable to the apply spring.
  • the bearing is able to sustain high axial thrust loads.
  • An inner race of the bearing rotates with the clutch cover, pressure plate and spring which rotate together as a unit.
  • An outer race of the release bearings does not rotate, and is connected to a mechanism used to produce the axial displacement of the bearing.
  • a very common mechanism for axially displacing a release bearing is a pivotably mounted release yoke or release fork in engagement with the bearing in combination with a linkage connecting the yoke with a driver operated clutch pedal.
  • the release yoke is pivoted, axially displacing the release bearing against the force of the force of the apply spring to disengage the clutch.
  • the pedal is released, allowing the apply spring to return the release bearing to the engaged position.
  • a number of mechanisms have been developed which employ an electric motor for displacing the release bearing.
  • One such mechanism uses an electric motor to pivot the release yoke in place of the clutch pedal and the intervening linkage. While this configuration may be feasible for light duty applications, such as passenger cars, it is difficult to adapt such a system to accommodate the high loads associated with a heavy duty truck clutch.
  • Other clutch systems employ motors concentric with the transmission input shaft.
  • One such system is shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,565,173. The motor rotatively displaces a lead screw or a nut on a lead screw which rotates as a unit with the rotor of the motor to axially displace the release bearing.
  • the invention provides a clutch control system and a clutch according to claims 1 and 5, respectively.
  • a motor vehicle clutch includes an axis of rotation and an annular pressure plate concentric with the axis of rotation.
  • a cover extends radially over the pressure plate.
  • An apply spring is disposed between the cover and the pressure plate and biases the pressure plate away from the cover.
  • a release bearing is concentric with and axially displaceable along the axis of rotation and is connected to the apply spring for selectively deflecting the spring with axial movement.
  • the inventive clutch is characterized by a fixed stator housing concentric with the axis of rotation.
  • a stator is fixed within the stator housing and has a plurality of poles with windings there about.
  • a rotor is also concentric to the axis of rotation and is operably excited by the stator.
  • a rotor housing is fixed to the rotor.
  • the rotor housing has a plurality of cam ramps arcuately disposed about the axis.
  • the cam ramps smoothly increase in axial height in a first direction of rotation about the axis.
  • the cam ramps are configured to provide an amount of axial displacement of the release bearing sufficient to disengage the clutch with no more than approximately 180° of relative rotor to stator rotation.
  • a plurality of cam followers extend radially from the release bearing and are disposed between the rotor housing and the release bearing.
  • a first portion of the cam follower is in axial engagement with the cam ramps.
  • a second portion is fixed relative to the release bearing and a third portion is axially displaceable in an axially extending slot in the stator housing.
  • the inventive clutch and clutch control system have a release bearing displacement mechanism which is simple in design, highly reliable, and precisely controllable and is well suited for heavy duty applications.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a clutch control system.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional side view of a clutch in the direction of arrows 2 of Figure 3.
  • Figure 3 is an axially oriented end view of a clutch motor.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of uncoiled cam ramps.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional side view of an alternative embodiment of the clutch.
  • a motor vehicle clutch control system 10 is used to link a input shaft 12 of a transmission 14 shown schematically in Figure 1 with an engine flywheel 16 which rotates as a unit with a crankshaft of a motor vehicle engine (not shown). Both flywheel 16 and input shaft 12 rotate about a common axis of rotation 18.
  • the clutch control system includes a heavy duty pull-type friction clutch 20.
  • friction clutch 20 could alternatively be of the push style.
  • Friction clutch 20 includes a release sleeve 22 and a release bearing 23, both centered over transmission input shaft 12.
  • a clutch actuating motor or more simply the clutch motor 24 engages release bearing 23 and is also centered over transmission input shaft 12 concentric with axis 18.
  • the type of clutch motor employed is similar to stepper motors used in control systems.
  • An electronic controller 26 is electrically connected to clutch motor 24 as well as being connected to a battery 27 which serves as an electrical power source.
  • a pivotably mounted clutch pedal 28 has a rotary displacement transducer 29 electrically connected to controller 26.
  • Three displacement sensors 30, such as magnetic pickups or hall effect sensors, are mounted to the clutch motor 24 and electrically connected to controller 26 to determine the magnitude of rotation, the speed of rotation, and the direction of rotation.
  • a push-type solenoid 32 having an axially extending engagement pin 33 is electrically connected to controller 26 for operation thereby.
  • Clutch 20 has first and second friction disks 34 and 36 which an intermediate plate 38 disposed therebetween, all being aligned concentric with axis 18.
  • First friction disk 34 is adjacent both flywheel 16 and intermediate plate 38.
  • Second friction disk 36 is disposed between intermediate plate 38 and pressure plate 40.
  • a cast cover 42 is fixed to flywheel 16 and is disposed over first friction disk 34, intermediate plate 38, second friction disk 36 and pressure plate 40.
  • Radially oriented levers 44 have a radial inner end engaging release sleeve retainer 45 which is fixed to release sleeve 22 and bearing 23 for unitary axial movement therewith, and a radial outer end engaging a pivot point of cover 42.
  • An intermediate fulcrum point of lever 44 engages pressure plate 40.
  • a plurality of apply springs 46 are disposed between cover 42 and release sleeve retainer 45, biasing retainer 45 toward flywheel 16, causing levers 44 to press pressure plate 40 against friction disk 36 in the direction of flywheel 16.
  • pressure plate 40 When release bearing 23 is pulled, or moved to the right of Figure 2, pressure plate 40 is unloaded, allowing pressure plate biasing springs 48 to pull pressure plate 40 away from flywheel 16.
  • An adjusting mechanism 50 including an adjusting ring portion 51 of cover 42 provides compensation for wear of friction disks 34 and 36 by moving axially leftward to maintain a relative constant amount of release bearing travel to produce the desired clutch engagement and disengagement.
  • Clutch motor 24 includes a stator housing 52 to which a stator 54 is fixed by a plurality of screws.
  • a rotor 56 is disposed radially outwardly of stator 54 and is fixed to a rotor housing 58 by a plurality of screws.
  • Rotor housing 58 and stator housing 52 protectively enclose stator 54 and rotor 56.
  • Stator 54 is fixed to an axially extending inner collar 59 of stator housing 52.
  • Stator 54 has twelve stator poles 60, best shown in Fig. 3, with stator windings 62 wound thereabout.
  • Each stator pole 60 has five stator teeth 64 disposed at a radially outermost circumference of stator 54. It should be appreciated that the precise number of poles and teeth can be varied as is appropriate for the specific design.
  • rotor 56 has sixty-eight rotor teeth 66 evenly spaced around a radially inner circumference of rotor 56, radially proximate to stator teeth 64.
  • cam followers 68 are fixed with respect to release bearing 23.
  • Each cam follower 68 has a roller head 69 engaging a cam surface 70.
  • a threaded portion of cam follower 68 threadably engages a release bearing housing 71 engaging an outer race of release bearing 23.
  • a shank portion of cam follower 68 disposed between the threaded portion and the roller head 69 has a bushing 72 disposed thereabout.
  • Bushing 72 is slidably disposed in cam follower slot 73 which has a width approximately equal to that of bushing 72 and axially extends into the inner collar 59 of stator housing 52.
  • cam followers 68 bias release bearing 23, and therefore cam followers 68, toward flywheel 16.
  • the roller heads 69 of cam followers 68 are resultantly biased against cam surfaces 70.
  • Mounting sleeve 74 is affixed to cover 42 for rotation therewith.
  • a carrier bearing 75 is disposed between mounting sleeve 74 and stator housing 52 to facilitate the relative rotation therebetween, and to maintain motor 24 concentric with axis 18.
  • a bearing retainer 76 disposed on a flywheel side of stator housing 52 maintains an outer race of carrier bearing 74 in engagement with stator housing 52.
  • a clutch brake disk 80 is disposed on a transmission side of release bearing 23 for selective engagement with a clutch brake rotor 81 splined to transmission input shaft 12.
  • An axially extending, radially outer collar 82 of rotor housing 58 has a plurality of notches 83 and also serves to position and center rotor 56 which is disposed radially inwardly thereof, and mounted thereto.
  • a radial flange portion 84 of rotor housing 58 extends radially inwardly from outer collar 82 to an inner wall circumscribing cam surface 70 and defining an axially extending inner collar 86 of rotor housing 58.
  • Axially extending radially inner collar 86 of rotor housing 58 is radially disposed between inner axially extending collar 59 of stator housing 52 and a radially axially extending intermediate collar 87 concentric with collar 59.
  • a radial flange portion 90 of stator housing 52 extends radially outwardly from intermediate collar 87 to an axially extending outer collar 88 of stator housing 52 to close a front end of motor 24.
  • a PERMAGLIDE 92 bearing is radially disposed between the inner collar 86 of rotor housing 58 and intermediate collar 87.
  • a PERMAGLIDE thrust washer 94 is axially disposed between an end of radially inner lip portion 86 and a bottom of the channel defined by inner and intermediate collars 59 and 87.
  • PERMAGLIDE is a registered German trademark of Messrs. KS Gleitlager GmbH, St. Leon-Rot, DE.
  • Mounting bosses 96 are formed on the sides of stator housing 52 as best shown in Figure 3. Mounting bosses 96 receive screws passing through the transmission housing which fix stator housing 52 in place relative to a clutch housing 98.
  • the invention operates in the following manner.
  • the clutch pedal 28 is depressed by the driver.
  • the rotary displacement transducer 29 provides a signal proportional to the displacement of pedal 28 to the controller 26.
  • Controller 26 sequentially energizes windings 62 to cause rotor 56 to rotate.
  • Sensors 30 provide signals to controller 26 which controller 26 uses to determine the direction and magnitude of relative rotor 56 to stator 54 displacement.
  • the slope of cam surface 70 is constant, the resultant axial displacement of cam followers 68 produced by the relative rotation shifts linearly in direct proportion to the amount of rotation. Approximately 12.7mm (.50 inches) of axial displacement is needed to provide clutch disengagement.
  • release sleeve retainer 45 moves axially therewith, pivoting lever 44 away from pressure plate 40. Disengagement is achieved when release sleeve retainer 45 has moved the approximately 12.7mm (.50 inches).
  • approximately 1.27mm (.05 inches) of additional release bearing travel is required. This additional travel brings stationary clutch brake disk 80 into contact with clutch brake rotor 81 which is rotatably fixed to input shaft 12 through its splines.
  • the wear compensator 50 adjusts for facing wear. Once facing wear has exceeded a pre-determined amount, the adjusting ring is advanced and the position of the release sleeve retainer 45, release sleeve 22 and release bearing 23 are returned to normal operating conditions. This automatic adjusting feature facilitates the use of displacement control of release bearing 23 to effect consistent releases and engagements of the clutch.
  • Controller 26 resultantly varies its output signals to windings 62 to reverse motor 24, backing cam followers 68 down cam surface 70 to the engaged position.
  • Solenoid 32 is rigidly mounted to stator housing 52, with its axially extending engagement pin 33 passing through the axially extending collar portion 88. Solenoid 32 is selectively actuated by controller 26 to cause pin 33 to engage one of notches 83 when release bearing 23 is in the release position for a predetermine amount of time, allowing current to the motor windings to be turned off.
  • controller 26 uses three sensors to detect relative rotation between stator housing 52 and the rotor housing 58 to monitor both direction and speed of relative displacement, as well as the amount of relative displacement. This information is used by controller 26 to determine the bearing position corresponding to where reengagement is occurring, and is updated to enable controller 26 to optimize clutch engagements by allowing a minimum of slippage during engagements which in turn minimizes the wear of the friction disks and increases the life of the clutch.
  • Clutch 120 is better suited for use in medium duty applications, whereas clutch 20 is better suited for heavy duty applications.
  • Clutch 120 employs a single friction disk 134 and a stamped cover 142.
  • the pressure plate 140 accordingly has a slightly different configuration than pressure plate 40.
  • Levers 144 are disposed between cover 142 and a release sleeve retainer 145.
  • Apply springs 146 are disposed between release sleeve retainer 145 and cover 142 biasing retainer 145 toward friction disk 134.
  • a leaf-type pressure plate biasing spring 148 is used to bias pressure plate 140 toward cover 142 when the clutch pressure plate load has been released.
  • An alternative adjusting mechanism 150 employing a pair of ramped cams, as described in U.S. Patent No. 5,566,804, is disposed between a radially outer end of levers 144 and cover 142.
  • Clutch motor 124 is substantially similar to clutch motor 24.
  • Stator housing 152 is now formed in two parts. Screws attaching stator 154 to an inside diameter portion of stator housing 152 also fix an outside diameter portion of stator housing 152 thereto.
  • the PERMAGLIDE bearings of the first embodiment have been replaced with a ball bearing 155 disposed between stator housing 152 and rotor housing 158.
  • Rotor housing 158 has rotor 156 mounted thereto. Rotor 156 is fastened to an end of rotor housing 158, and is itself radially proximate to an outer collar portion of stator 154.
  • Stator housing 152 and rotor housing 158 together enclose stator 154 and rotor 156, protecting them from the contamination usually associated with a clutch.
  • Cam followers 68 engage cam surfaces 70 the same as in the first embodiment.
  • Notches 183 are placed in a more rearwardly located position on rotor housing 158, and, as with notches 83 of the first embodiment, serve both to excite sensors 30 and serve as a receptacle for axially extending engagement pin 33 of solenoid 32.
  • Clutch 120 operates in the manner described above for clutch 20.

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  1. Steuersystem (10) zur Betätigung einer Kupplung (20, 120) mit einer Drehachse (18), einer zu der Drehachse (18) konzentrischen, ringförmigen Anpressplatte (40,140), einem sich radial über die Anpressplatte (40,140) erstreckenden Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142), einer zwischen dem Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142) und der Anpressplatte (40,140) angeordneten Anpressfeder (46,146), die die Anpressplatte (40,140) von dem Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142) weggerichtet vorspannt, einem Ausrücklager (23,123), das konzentrisch zu und axial längs der Drehachse (18)verstellbar und mit der Anpressfeder (46,146) derart verbunden ist, dass es bei einer Axialbewegung die Feder (46,146) wahlweise abbiegt, gekennzeichnet durch
    ein mit der Drehachse (18) konzentrisches, feststehendes Statorgehäuse (52,152);
    einen Stator (54,154), der in dem Statorgehäuse (52,152) ortsfest angeordnet ist und eine Anzahl Pole (60) mit diese umgebenden Wicklungen (62) aufweist;
    einen Rotor (56,156), der konzentrisch zu der Drehachse (18) angeordnet und durch den Stator (54,154) betriebsmäßig erregbar ist;
    ein an dem Rotor (56,156) befestigtes Rotorgehäuse (58), wobei das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) bogenförmig um die Achse (18) herum angeordnete Steuerkurvenrampen (70) aufweist und die Steuerkurvenrampen (70) in einer ersten Drehrichtung um die Achse (18) in ihrer axialen Höhe sanft ansteigen und die Steuerkurvenrampen (70) so gestaltet sind, dass sie bei nicht mehr als etwa 180° Relativverdrehung des Rotors (56,156) bezüglich des Stators (54,154) eine für das Ausrücken der Kupplung (20,120) ausreichende Axialverstellung des Ausrücklagers (123) ergeben;
    eine Anzahl Kurvenabtastelemente (68), die radial von dem Ausrücklager (23,123) aus sich erstrecken. und zwischen dem Rotorgehäuse (58,158) und dem Ausrücklager (23,123) derart angeordnet sind, dass ein erster Teil in axialem Eingriff mit den Steuerkurvenrampen (70) steht und ein zweiter Teil bezüglich des Ausrücklagers (23,123) fixiert sowie ein dritter Teil in einem axial verlaufenden Schlitz (73) des Statorgehäuses (52,152) axial verstellbar ist;
    eine Anzahl Sensoren (30), die bezüglich des Stators (54,154) feststehend und nahe des Rotors (56,156) derart angeordnet sind, dass sie dessen Drehbewegung aufnehmen und
    eine Steuereinrichtung (26), die elektrisch mit den Sensoren (30) und den die Weiterschaltbewegung (56,156) des Rotors steuernden Wicklungen (62) verbunden sind, wobei der Rotor (56,156) wahlweise weiter gedreht wird um das Ausrücklager (23,123) in eine jeweils gewünschte Axialstellung zu überführen.
  2. Steuersystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, außerdem gekennzeichnet durch Kurvenabtastelemente (62), die jeweils ein mit den Steuerkurvenrampen (70) in Eingriff stehendes Rollen-Kopfteil (69) aufweisen.
  3. Steuersystem (10) nach Anspruch 1, außerdem dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) eine Anzahl auf die Sensoren (30) ausgerichteter Aussparungen (83,183) aufweist, wobei die Aussparungen (83,183) derart ausgebildet sind, dass bei ihrer Vorbeibewegung an den Sensoren (30) die Sensoren (30) erregt werden und wobei das Kupplungssteuersystem (10) außerdem gekennzeichnet ist durch einen an dem Statorgehäuse (52,152) angeordneten Solenoid (32) und einen wahlweise von dem Solenoid (32) zwischen einer Eingriffsstellung und einer Nichteingriffsstellung verstellbaren Sperrstift (33), der in der Eingriffsstellung wahlweise in die Aussparungen (83,183) in dem Rotorgehäuse (58,158) eingreift, um eine Verdrehung des Rotors (56,156) und des Rotorgehäuses (58,158) zu verhindern, wobei der Solenoid (32) elektrisch mit der Steuereinrichtung (26) verbunden ist und wobei der Solenoid (32) dazu benutzt wird, das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) drehfest an dem Statorgehäuse (52,152), bei in einer jeweils gewünschten Axialstellung stehendem Ausrücklager (23,123), dadurch zu verriegeln, dass der Sperrstift (33) in eine der mehreren Aussparungen (83,183) eingeführt wird.
  4. Steuersystem (10) nach Anspruch 3, außerdem dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Statorgehäuse (52,152) eine axial verlaufende äußere Hülse (88) aufweist, die das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) axial überlappt, wobei der Solenoid (32) an der äußeren Hülse (88) des Statorgehäuses (52,152) befestigt ist.
  5. Kraftfahrzeugkupplung (20,120) mit einer Drehachse (18), einer zu der Drehachse (18) konzentrischen Anpressplatte (40,140), einem sich radial über die Anpressplatte (40,140) erstreckenden Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142), einer zwischen dem Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142) und der Anpressplatte (40,140) angeordneten Anpressfeder (46,146), die die Anpressplatte (40,140) von dem Kupplungsgehäuse (42,142) weggerichtet vorspannt, einem Ausrücklager (23,123), das konzentrisch zu und axial längs der Drehachse (18) verstellbar und mit der Anpressfeder (46,146) derart verbunden ist, dass es bei einer Axialbewegung die Feder (46,146) wahlweise abbiegt, gekennzeichnet durch
    ein mit der Drehachse (18) konzentrisches, feststehendes Statorgehäuse (52,152);
    einen Stator (54,154), der in dem Statorgehäuse (52,152) ortsfest angeordnet ist und eine Anzahl Pole (60) mit diese umgebenden Wicklungen (62) aufweist;
    einen Rotor (56,156), der konzentrisch zu der Drehachse (18) angeordnet und durch den Stator (54,154) betriebsmäßig erregbar ist;
    ein an dem Rotor (56,156) befestigtes Rotorgehäuse (58,158), wobei das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) bogenförmig um die Achse (18) herum angeordnete Steuerkurvenrampen (70) aufweist und die Steuerkurvenrampen (70) in einer ersten Drehrichtung um die Achse (18) in ihrer axialen Höhe sanft ansteigen und die Steuerkurvenrampen (70) so gestaltet sind, dass sie bei nicht mehr als etwa 180° Relativverdrehung des Rotors (56,156) bezüglich des Stators (54,154) eine für das Ausrücken der Kupplung (20,120) ausreichende Axialverstellung des Ausrücklagers (123) ergeben und
    eine Anzahl Kurvenabtastelemente (68), die radial von dem Ausrücklager (23,123) aus sich erstrecken und zwischen dem Rotorgehäuse (58,158) und dem Ausrücklager (23,123) derart angeordnet ist, dass ein erster Teil in axialem Eingriff mit den Kurvenrampen (70) steht und ein zweiter Teil bezüglich des Ausrücklagers (23,123) fixiert sowie ein dritter Teil in einem axial verlaufenden Schlitz (73) des Statorgehäuses (52,152) axial verstellbar ist.
  6. Kupplung(20,120) nach Anspruch 5, außerdem gekennzeichnet durch Kurvenabtastelemente (68), die jeweils ein mit den Steuerkurvenrampen (70) in Eingriff stehendes Rollen-Kopfteil (69) aufweisen.
  7. Kupplung (20,120) nach Anspruch 5, außerdem dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) eine Anzahl auf an dem Stator (54,154) befestigte Sensoren (30) ausgerichteter Aussparungen (83,183) aufweist, wobei die Aussparungen (83,183) derart ausgebildet sind, dass bei ihrer Vorbeibewegung an den Sensoren (39) die Sensoren (30) erregt werden und wobei die Kupplung (20,120) außerdem gekennzeichnet ist durch einen an dem Statorgehäuse (52,152) angeordneten Solenoid (32) und einen wahlweise von dem Solenoid (32) zwischen einer Eingriffsstellung und einer Nichteingriffsstellung verstellbaren Sperrstift (33), der in der Eingriffsstellung wahlweise in die Aussparungen (83,183) in dem Rotorgehäuse (58,158) eingreift, um eine Verdrehung des Rotors (56,156) und des Rotorgehäuses (58,158) zu verhindern, wobei der Solenoid (32) dazu benutzt wird, das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) drehfest an dem Statorgehäuse (52,152), bei in einer jeweils gewünschten Axialstellung stehendem Ausrücklager (23,123), dadurch zu verriegeln, dass der Sperrstift (33) in eine der mehreren Aussparungen (83,183) eingeführt wird.
  8. Kupplung (20,120) nach Anspruch 7 außerdem dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Statorgehäuse (52, 152) eine axial verlaufende äußere Hülse (88) aufweist, die das Rotorgehäuse (58,158) axial überlappt, wobei der Solenoid (32) an der äußeren Hülse (88) des Statorgehäuses (52,152) befestigt ist.
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